Company

Petronet LNG Limited, one of the fastest growing world-class companies in the Indian energy sector, has set up the country's first LNG receiving and regasification terminal at Dahej, Gujarat, and another terminal at Kochi, Kerala. While the Dahej terminal has a nominal capacity of 10 MMTPA [equivalent to 40 MMSCMD of natural gas], the Kochi terminal has a capacity of 5 MMTPA [equivalent to 20 MMSCMD of natural gas]. The company is in the process to build a third terminal at Gangavaram, Andhra Pradesh.

Natural Gas

Natural Gas consists mainly of Methane and small amounts of ethane, propane and butane. It is transported through pipelines but is extremely bulky. A high-pressure gas pipeline can transport in a day only about one-fifth of the energy that can be transported through an oil pipeline.

Terminals

The Company has set up South East Asia's first LNG Receiving and Regasification Terminal with an original nameplate capacity of 5 MMTPA at Dahej, Gujarat. The infrastructure was developed in the shortest possible time and at a benchmark cost. The capacity of the terminal has been expanded to 10 MMTPA and the same has been commissioned in June, 2009. The expansion involved construction of 2 additional LNG storage tanks and other vaporization facilities. The terminal is meeting around 20% of the total gas demand of the country.

CSR

Petronet LNG, as responsible Corporate/Community/Government Citizens, undertake Socio-Economic Development Programme to supplement the efforts to meet priority needs of the community with the aim to help them become self-reliant. These efforts would be generally around our work centres mostly in the areas of Education, Civil Infrastructure, Healthcare, Sports & Culture, Entrepreneurship in the Community. Petronet LNG also support Water Management and Disaster Relief in the country thereby help to bolster its image with key stakeholders.

Media Centre

Four of the top public sector companies of the country's Hydrocarbon Sector viz. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and GAIL (India) Limited (GAIL) have invested in Petronet LNG. Each has a 12.5% equity share, leading to a total of 50% for the four.

Four of the top public sector companies of the country's Hydrocarbon Sector viz. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and GAIL (India) Limited (GAIL) have invested in Petronet LNG. Each has a 12.5% equity share, leading to a total of 50% for the four.

One of India's top national oil marketing companies (OMCs), BPCL was formed in 1976 through nationalisation of the the Burmah Shell Oil Storage & Distribution Company of India. With sales of 19.35 million tonnes and a market share of 21.43%, BPCL is today the second largest oil marketing company in the country.

Public sector undertaking IOCL is India's largest commercial enterprise and has established itself as a regular both in the Fortune magazine's Global 500 listing of the world's largest corporations and Forbes magazine's International 500 list of largest companies outside the USA.

Oil And Natural Gas Corporation LogoThe public sector giant ONGC is spearheading India's aggressive hunt for crude oil, natural gas and other energy sources. Established in 1956 as the Oil and Natural Gas Commission, it was corporatized as Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited on February 1, 1994. Today ONGC, which is fast emerging as an integrated energy transnational, is responsible for the exploration, production and transportation of unprocessed hydrocarbons and accounts for more than 90% of India's oil and gas output (mostly in the Western Offshore Region).